If you don't have bookkeeping, now's the time to start. The application is pretty quick if you have your financial information together. If you've been involved in fraud or embezzlement, or facing imprisonment for a felony, that could get in the way.īench Accounting has a good article that goes into more detail on who is or isn't eligible. In other words, it's now based on gross revenue, not profit.īankruptcy and some criminal convictions may prevent you from receiving funding. These new PPP rules help gig economy workers by making more contractors eligible and changing the basis from Line 31 on Schedule C to Line 7. Update: The SBA announced new rules that change how PPP funding is calculated. For those who drove so many miles that it comes out as zero income for taxes, it also means zero profit and zero PPP funding. If you didn't file or you didn't make enough money to show a profit on Line 31 of your Schedule C ( edit: this has changed – see the update below), you won't receive anything. In other words it's based on your Schedule C. Understand that what you receive is based on your taxable income. The Paycheck Protection Program was designed to help existing businesses that were hurt by this pandemic. If you started your gig work after February 15, you won't be able to take advantage of this program. There are some common things that might disqualify you. Your profits for your business are considered your ‘payroll.' Don't be scared away by myths. Independent contractor for gig economy companies ARE eligible. The biggest myth? That you have to have people on payroll to qualify for the Paycheck Protection Program. But also understand the things that could disqualify you. Here are some step by step tips to help you with your application. If you know how to apply and you treat this like a business application, you have a much higher probability of getting funds through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) as an independent contractor. For the most part, most contractors just didn't do it right. Were they being discriminated against? Are independent contractors for gigs like Doordash, Uber Eats, Instacart, Grubhub, Lyft, Postmates and all those others really not supposed to receive funding? I've seen numbers reporting less than five percent of independent contractors were getting funds through the Paycheck Protection Program. I was funded by Smartbiz.Don't be one of the vast majority of gig workers who fail to get funded through the PPP because they didn't do things right. I know this sub is riddled with "I got paid" but wanted to show some info for people who are waiting for Womply non-Fastlane applications. ![]() I am a 1099 worker, sole proprietor, gig worker. Better to use the same lender that did I was assigned to previously since they have all your info already. ![]() I decided to apply for Round 2 with the same lender as there is that chance that Fastlane will pick another lender, one that I wasn't funded with, and may cause delays. Some pointed out there is the chance the Round 1 will hit denial due to previous funding and Round 2 will just pick up after. Slow application beat it by 1 day.Īfter signing P.Loan I canceled my Fastlane application since it was no longer needed. Applied thru Fastlane on March 6 just to see which application would get approved first. Found out a few days later that they changed qualifications but my app was already sent out. Applied thru Womply but at the time of applying thru Fastlane, they had different qualifications to use Fastlane.
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